
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Anyone wondering how Merrick Garland, President Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court, will vote on social issues was given a big hint yesterday when Planned President CEO Cecile Richards gave the nominee a rave review.
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President Barack Obama announced his decision this morning to nominate Merrick Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington DC and a so-called “moderate” to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left after the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A coalition of LGBT activist groups is taking aim at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are demanding that the organization divest itself of all Christian colleges that are seeking Title IX exemptions due to their religiously-influenced views on sexual ethics.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The new bullies on the street – transgender activists – are in the process of bullying a private Catholic school in Rhode Island for not enrolling students who identify as transgender.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In order to promote an upcoming talk by an abortionist, a pro-abortion nursing group at the Jesuit-run Seattle University posted flyers depicting a rosary with the crucifix replaced with an IUD.
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The powerful photo of a teen praying over a homeless man on the dangerous streets of Baltimore has been viewed more than 30,000 times on
Facebook.
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New research by a therapist whose parents divorced when she was seven reveals that daughters often suffer more when parents split because of absentee fathers, self-esteem issues, and because they tend to take a break-up more personally than their male siblings.
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In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision by the Alabama Supreme Court to deny an unmarried lesbian woman the right to adopt three children she had been raising with her partner before the relationship ended; however the ruling was based more on the respect due to state law than on the issue of same-sex adoption.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
On Wednesday evening, ABC aired two previews of it’s controversial new sitcom, The Real O’Neal’s, about a dysfunctional Catholic family that was riddled with so much blatant mockery and attacks on Catholic beliefs that Christians across the country are demanding it be taken off the air.
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The Washington Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear the case of floral artist Barronelle Stutzman, whom the state attorney general and the American Civil Liberties Union sued for acting consistently with her faith.
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